PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dr Francoise Petit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akio Yumi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Francoise Petit
vs
Yumi

177 cm
23
174 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

180 cm
24
182 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dr Francoise Petit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akio Yumi!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petit swats away the attempt to clinch by Yumi.
Both fighters circling a little - Yumi finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Yumi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Petit scores with a hook to the body. Yumi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
An inside leg kick lands from Yumi.
A jab from Petit misses.
Yumi is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Yumi drives through and clinches with Petit against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yumi.
A frustrated look appears on Petit's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Yumi throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yumi throws an elbow but misses.
Petit blocks an elbow strike.
Petit takes an elbow to the temple.
Yumi lands an elbow just above Petit 's eye.
Petit takes a knee to the side of the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yumi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yumi throws an elbow but misses.
Yumi lands a nice elbow.
Yumi lands an elbow inside that Petit shrugs off.
Petit blocks an elbow strike from Yumi.
Petit takes an elbow to the forehead.
Yumi lands an elbow inside.
Petit takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petit taking a breather.
Yumi throws an elbow but it misses.
Yumi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Yumi with a knee to the head.
Yumi lands a damaging elbow.
Petit lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Yumi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Petit blocks it with crossed arms.
Yumi looks gassed!

Petit gets a trip takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Petit throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Yumi is concentrating on defense, preventing Petit from advancing position.
Yumi has hold of Petit's hands but Petit slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Petit working the head and body with strikes.
Petit slows the pace down in half guard.
Yumi is trying to control but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yumi tries to get to full guard but Petit has control of the leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yumi slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Petit trying to control but Yumi is working from the bottom.
Petit working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Petit stopping the sweep attempt from Yumi.
Yumi keeping full guard, as Petit tries to pass.
Petit is working hard here to advance position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Petit misses with a low kick.
Petit smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Yumi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Petit swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yumi tries to clinch there but Petit circles away.
Petit throws a looping overhand right but Yumi ducks down to avoid it.
Yumi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yumi is looking to clinch but Petit is avoiding it.
Yumi tries to close the distance and clinch but Petit swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Yumi pushes Petit up against the cage in a clinch.
Yumi lands an elbow inside.
Yumi scores with a knee to the head.
Yumi lands a damaging elbow.
Petit wants to break the clinch but can't.

Petit manages to break the clinch.
Yumi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Petit swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Akio Yumi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Yumi has Petit up against the cage in a clinch.
Yumi looking to throw knees to the head but Petit is blocking nicely.
Petit blocks an elbow strike from Yumi.
Yumi lands a good knee to the midsection. Petit won't want to take too many of those.
Petit stalling in the clinch but Yumi improves position.
Petit tries to pull guard but Yumi won't allow it.

Petit's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yumi wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Yumi is looking to clinch but Petit is avoiding it.
Yumi tries to clinch but Petit is having none of it.
Yumi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Petit.
Yumi is looking to slow Petit down with leg kicks.
Petit misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Petit misses with a leg kick

and Yumi counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Yumi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Petit's face.
Petit takes an elbow to the temple.

Petit breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Petit closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Petit throws the left hand but Yumi avoids the punch easily.
Yumi throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yumi tries to clinch up but Petit circles away and keeps his distance.
Yumi wants to clinch.
Akio Yumi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Yumi darts in and clinches Petit up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Dr Francoise Petit will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Yumi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Petit fails to land with a series of punches.
Yumi wants to clinch.
Petit throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yumi tries to clinch there but Petit circles away.
Yumi is looking to slow Petit down with leg kicks.

Yumi rushes Petit and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Yumi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yumi lands a damaging elbow.
Yumi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yumi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yumi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yumi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Yumi pushes off an throws an elbow but Petit leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Yumi lands an elbow inside.
Yumi tries a knee to the head but Petit blocks it.
Yumi is breathing heavily.
Yumi tries a knee to the head but Petit blocks it.
Yumi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Yumi lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Yumi.
Petit is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Yumi pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Yumi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Petit blocks an elbow strike from Yumi.
Petit goes for a takedown in the clinch but Yumi prevents it.
Yumi has Petit pressed against the cage, preventing Petit from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Yumi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Yumi prevents Petit from breaking the clinch.
Yumi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Yumi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Petit breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yumi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Yumi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Petit.
Yumi is looking to clinch but Petit is avoiding it.
Petit throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Petit fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dr Francoise Petit. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yumi fails with an attempt to clinch.

Yumi clinches up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Yumi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yumi keeps control of Petit as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Yumi with a knee to the head.
Yumi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Petit avoids the elbow strike from Yumi, against the cage.
Petit has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Yumi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yumi throws an elbow but misses.
Yumi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Petit tries to throw a body punch but Yumi avoids it by throwing Petit back against the cage.
Petit looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Yumi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Petit avoids it.
Petit wants to get back to striking at distance but Yumi won't allow it.
Yumi prevents a takedown attempt there.
Yumi lands a nice elbow.
Petit looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Yumi lands an elbow inside that Petit shrugs off.
Petit blocks an elbow strike.
Petit blocks an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yumi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Petit's brow.
Petit trying to control the position but instead, Yumi has worked for underhooks and has pushed Petit into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petit looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Petit changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Yumi fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Yumi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Petit.
Yumi thows a body kick. Petit tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Petit misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yumi tries to clinch but Petit is having none of it.
Petit keeps the fight on the outside.
Yumi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Petit shoots in but no luck this time.
Petit waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Yumi.
Petit takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Petit throws a shot from downtown. Yumi moves away and avoids it.
Petit tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Yumi is looking to slow Petit down with leg kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Petit lands.
Petit is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yumi.
Yumi ducks under a wild hook from Petit.

Yumi has Petit up against the cage in a clinch.
Yumi lands an elbow inside that Petit shrugs off.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yumi throws an elbow but misses.
Yumi connects with a knee to the head.
Yumi lands an elbow inside that Petit shrugs off.
Yumi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Petit's efforts to push away.
Yumi lands a nice elbow.
Petit wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Yumi has him pressed against the cage.
Yumi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Yumi lands a knee to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yumi throws an elbow but misses.
Petit is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Yumi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yumi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Akio Yumi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Petit checks a leg kick.
Petit lands a nice hook to Yumi's body. Yumi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Petit shoots in looking for a takedown. Yumi tries to sprawl out of it but Petit keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Yumi manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Petit throws an overhand right that lands on Yumi's shoulder, as Yumi tries to avoid the shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yumi. That's going to slow Petit down.
Petit throws a body punch but Yumi moves out of range.
Yumi wants to clinch.

Yumi fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Petit, pushing him back against the cage.
Yumi lands a nice elbow.
Yumi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Yumi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A knee to the head by Yumi.
Yumi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Petit blocks it with crossed arms.
Yumi tries to land knees in the clinch but Petit avoids the damage to the body.
Petit drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Yumi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yumi lands an elbow inside that Petit shrugs off.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yumi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Petit's brow.
Petit is trying to force a seperation but Yumi has the dominant position.
Yumi lands a nice elbow.
Yumi is pressed up against the cage. Petit has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Yumi down to the mat. Yumi avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dr Francoise Petit. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yumi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Yumi is looking to clinch but Petit is avoiding it.
Yumi tries to clinch but Petit moves out of range.
Yumi thumps Petit with a low kick.
Petit misses with a two punch combination.
Petit pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Yumi tries to clinch there but Petit circles away.
Dr Francoise Petit is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Petit fails to land with a series of punches.
Yumi wants to clinch.
Petit throws a nice looking combination but Yumi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Petit cracks Yumi with a right hand to the side of the head.

Yumi moves into the clinch successfully.

Petit pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Yumi has closed the distance and engaged Petit in a clinch.
Yumi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Petit is trying to drag Yumi to the mat but Yumi just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Petit avoids a wild elbow strike from Yumi.
Yumi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yumi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Yumi.
Yumi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Petit tries to break the clinch but Yumi is controlling the position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yumi throws an elbow but misses.
Yumi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yumi tries to land a knee to the head but Petit blocks with his arms.
Petit blocks an elbow strike from Yumi.
Yumi has Petit pressed against the cage, preventing Petit from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petit is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Petit is trying to break the clinch but Yumi has him pressed against the cage.
Petit tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yumi's elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yumi.
Petit cracks Yumi with a nice body shot.
Yumi missing with knees to the body.
Petit dodges an elbow strike from Yumi.
A frustrated look appears on Petit's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Petit tries to break the clinch but Yumi is controlling the position.
Petit is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Petit.
Petit looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Yumi looking to throw knees to the head but Petit is blocking nicely.
Petit is looking to break free of the clinch but Yumi has double underhooks.
Petit has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Petit is trying to break the clinch but Yumi has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Petit's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Yumi throws an elbow that misses.
Petit drops down looking for an ankle pick but Yumi pulls his leg out and moves away.
Petit works over Yumi's head and body with a nice combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petit throws a looping overhand right but Yumi ducks down to avoid it.
Nice cross by Petit.
Yumi takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Yumi rushes Petit and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Yumi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A knee to the head by Yumi.
Petit drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Yumi gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Yumi landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Petit manages to break the clinch.
Petit jabs Yumi right on the nose. Yumi blinks but takes it well.
Yumi thumps Petit with a low kick.
Yumi fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Petit is out of range.
No joy there for Petit, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yumi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Petit fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Dr Francoise Petit.
I think Petit has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dr Francoise Petit!